1. Scope and methods of enquiry -- 2. Roof types before the truss -- 3. Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren: the introduction of the truss into England -- 4. Christopher Wren and his contemporaries -- 5. Architect or carpenter: who designed the roof? -- 6. The dissemination of the new forms -- 7. Developments of the truss: new forms and new uses -- 8. Understanding the behaviour of the truss -- 9. From timber to iron: new materials and new possibilities -- 10. Invention or evolution as ways of change
Analysis
Roofs Architecture History
Roofs Architecture History
Roofs Architecture History
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) and index
